Chicago : Chicago Transit Authority

AS I WAS WALKING DOWN
THE STREET ONE DAY

A MAN CAME UP TO ME

AND ASKED ME

WHAT THE TIME WAS 

THAT WAS ON MY WATCH...

 Chicago Transit Authority

 is the

 debut

 studio album

 by the

 American Rock Band

 Chicago 

known at the time

 of release as

 Chicago Transit Authority. 

The double album 

was released on 

April 28, 1969 

and became a 

sleeper hit, 

reaching number 17 

on the

 Billboard 200 by 1971. 

Chicago Transit Authority 

spawned several 

successful singles,

 including

 "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?",

 "Questions 67 and 68"

 and

 "Beginnings".

 The album stayed

 on the 

Billboard chart 

for 171 weeks, 

beating the

 previous record 

for a rock album's

 longevity of 

155 weeks

 and has been

 certified 

double platinum 

by the

 Recording Industry

 Association of America (RIAA).

 For this inaugural

 recording effort, 

the group was

 nominated for a 

Grammy Award

 for 1969

 Best New Artist of the Year.

 The album was

 inducted into the 

Grammy Hall of Fame

 in 2014.

History

Chicago was formed

 in early 1967, 

first as

 the Big Thing, 

then

 Chicago Transit Authority 

when producer 

James William Guercio

 took them on in 1968.

 Their trademark was

 fusing brass

 and jazz

 with a

 soulful 

rock and roll feel

 that Guercio

 thought would 

prove successful,

 lobbying for his

 label to sign the band.

Chicago Transit Authority 

signed to 

Columbia Records

 late in 1968

 and recorded

 their first album

 in late January 1969 

.

While the band toured

 the album,

 legal action

 was threatened by

 the actual

 Chicago Transit Authority,

 forcing the group

 to truncate their name

 to simply 

Chicago.

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